Getting into the brain: approaches to enhance brain drug delivery

MM Patel, BR Goyal, SV Bhadada, JS Bhatt, AF Amin - CNS drugs, 2009 - Springer
Being the most delicate organ of the body, the brain is protected against potentially toxic
substances by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which restricts the entry of most …

Delivery of nanoparticle-based radiosensitizers for radiotherapy applications

F Boateng, W Ngwa - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticle-based radiosensitization of cancerous cells is evolving as a favorable modality
for enhancing radiotherapeutic ratio, and as an effective tool for increasing the outcome of …

Penetrative and sustained drug delivery using injectable hydrogel nanocomposites for postsurgical brain tumor treatment

T Kang, GD Cha, OK Park, HR Cho, M Kim, J Lee… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Postsurgical treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) by systemic chemotherapy and
radiotherapy is often inefficient. Tumor cells infiltrating deeply into the brain parenchyma are …

Doxorubicin-loaded iron oxide nanoparticles for glioblastoma therapy: A combinational approach for enhanced delivery of nanoparticles

M Norouzi, V Yathindranath, JA Thliveris, BM Kopec… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Although doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective anti-cancer drug with cytotoxicity in a variety of
different tumors, its effectiveness in treating glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is constrained by …

Pharmacokinetics, brain delivery, and efficacy in brain tumor-bearing mice of glutathione pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (2B3-101)

PJ Gaillard, CCM Appeldoorn, R Dorland… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Brain cancer is a devastating disease affecting many people worldwide. Effective treatment
with chemotherapeutics is limited due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that …

Improved anti-tumor effect of liposomal doxorubicin after targeted blood-brain barrier disruption by MRI-guided focused ultrasound in rat glioma

LH Treat, N McDannold, Y Zhang… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) inhibits the entry of the majority of chemotherapeutic agents
into the brain. Previous studies have illustrated the feasibility of drug delivery across the BBB …

Doxorubicin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles for the chemotherapy of glioblastoma: Towards the pharmaceutical development

O Maksimenko, J Malinovskaya, E Shipulo… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Brain delivery of drugs by nanoparticles is a promising strategy that could open up new
possibilities for the chemotherapy of brain tumors. As demonstrated in previous studies, the …

Multiple treatments with liposomal doxorubicin and ultrasound-induced disruption of blood–tumor and blood–brain barriers improve outcomes in a rat glioma model

M Aryal, N Vykhodtseva, YZ Zhang, J Park… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
The blood–brain-barrier (BBB) prevents the transport of most anticancer agents to the
central nervous system and restricts delivery to infiltrating brain tumors. The heterogeneous …

Advances in drug delivery technology for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

GD Cha, T Kang, S Baik, D Kim, SH Choi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a particularly aggressive and malignant type of brain
tumor, notorious for its high recurrence rate and low survival rate. The treatment of GBM is …

Actively Targeted In Vivo Multiplex Detection of Intrinsic Cancer Biomarkers Using Biocompatible SERS Nanotags

US Dinish, G Balasundaram, YT Chang, M Olivo - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique is becoming highly popular for
multiplex biosensing due to the 'fingerprint'Raman spectra from every molecule. As a proof …